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El Salvador:
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Other pages in this profile of El Salvador:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age for voluntary service; service obligation - 8 months, but 11 months for officers and NCOs (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 1,634,816 females age 16-49: 1,775,474 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,168,406 females age 16-49: 1,519,375 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 73,915 females age 16-49: 71,252 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 5% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, in 1992, with final agreement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States (OAS) survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca |
Illicit drugs |
Definition transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine |
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